Date: Sat, 08 Feb 97 17:16:31 PST From: johnson@charming.nrtc.northrop.com To: questions@freebsd.org Subject: problem with make release.8 in /usr/src/release Message-ID: <9702090116.AA23445@charming.nrtc.northrop.com>
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Hello FreeBSD gurus,
I am trying to make a release boot floppy. I go into /usr/src/release,
and do make release.1, etc. in turn. (I wanted to see what was happening
at each step.)
I encounter the following problem during release.8:
the Makefile executes the following line:
disklabel -w -r -B
-b ${RD}/trees/bin/usr/mdec/fdboot
-s ${RD}/trees/bin/usr/mdec/bootfd
/dev/r${VNDEVICE} minimum
and I get the following error message from the above command:
ioctl DIOCWLABEL: Operation not supported by device
Any ideas or suggestions as to why I am getting that error message?
I am running a kernel that has the `vn' option, and most of the rest of
the release.8 phase works. What are the consequences of the above error?
As a work-around, could I dd the fs-image to a floppy, and then run the
above command, but with the floppy device, so that the label on the
floppy gets modified?
Another question: When during the release building process does a kernel
get put onto the file system contained in the boot floppy? I am ending
up with a fs-image file that has a file system in it, complete with sh, gzip,
lots of devices in /dev, etc., but no kernel. Perhaps this is related to
the above ioctl problem?
Any help would be appreciated!
Thanks,
Greg Johnson
johnson@nrtc.northrop.com
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